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Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 22

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Chapter 22 of Ezekiel—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And the word of Jehovah continued to occur to me, saying:
  2. “And as for you, O son of man, will you judge,1 will you judge the bloodguilty city[a]2 and certainly cause her to know all her detestable things?3
  3. And you must say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said: “O city that is shedding blood4 in her midst till her time comes,5 and that has made dungy idols within herself in order to become unclean,6
  4. by your blood that you have shed you have become guilty,7 and by your dungy idols that you have made you have become unclean.8 And you bring your days near, and you will come to your years. That is why I must make you an object of reproach to the nations and of jeering to all the lands.9
  5. The [lands] nearby and those far away from you will jeer you, O you unclean in name, abounding in confusion.10
  6. Look! The chieftains11 of Israel have proved to be in you, each one [given over] to his arm for the purpose of shedding blood.12
  7. Father and mother they have treated with contempt in you.13 Toward the alien resident they have acted with defrauding in the midst of you.14 Fatherless boy and widow they have maltreated in you.”’”15
  8. ¶ “‘My holy places you have despised, and my sabbaths you have profaned.16
  9. Outright slanderers[b] have proved to be in you, for the purpose of shedding blood;17 and on the mountains they have eaten in you.18 Loose conduct they have carried on in the midst of you.19
  10. The nakedness of a father they have uncovered[c] in you;20 a woman unclean in [her] menstruation they have humiliated in you.21
  11. And with the wife of his companion a man has done a detestable thing,22 and his own daughter-in-law a man has defiled with loose conduct;23 and his sister, the daughter of his own father, a man has humiliated in you.24
  12. A bribe they have taken in you for the purpose of shedding blood.25 Interest26 and usury you have taken,27 and you violently keep making gain28 of your companions with defrauding,29 and me you have forgotten,’30 is the utterance of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah.
  13. ¶ “‘And, look! I have struck my hand31 at your unjust gain that you have made,32 and over your acts of bloodshed[d] that have proved to be in the midst of you.33
  14. Will your heart keep enduring34 or your hands furnish strength in the days when I am taking action toward you?35 I myself, Jehovah, have spoken and I will take action.36
  15. And I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you among the lands,37 and I will destroy[e] your uncleanness[f] out of you.38
  16. And you will certainly be profaned within yourself before the eyes of [the] nations, and you will have to know that I am Jehovah.’”39
  17. ¶ And the word of Jehovah continued to come to me, saying:
  18. “Son of man, to me those of the house of Israel have become as scummy dross.40 All of them are copper and tin and iron and lead in the midst of a furnace. Much scummy dross, [that of] silver, they have become.41
  19. ¶ “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said, ‘For the reason that all of YOU have become as much scummy dross,42 therefore here I am collecting YOU together into the midst of Jerusalem.43
  20. As in collecting silver and copper and iron44 and lead and tin into the midst of a furnace, in order to blow45 upon it with fire to cause a liquefying,46 so I shall collect [them] together in my anger and in my rage, and I will blow[g] and cause YOU people to liquefy.
  21. And I will bring YOU together and blow upon YOU with the fire of my fury,47 and YOU must be liquefied in the midst of her.[h]48
  22. As in the liquefying of silver in the midst of a furnace, so YOU people will be liquefied in the midst of her; and YOU will have to know that I myself, Jehovah, have poured out my rage upon YOU.’”49
  23. ¶ And the word of Jehovah continued to come to me, saying:
  24. “Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land not being cleansed, one not rained down upon in the day of denunciation.50
  25. There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her,51 like the roaring lion, tearing prey.52 A soul they actually devour.53 Treasure and precious things they keep taking.54 Her widows they have multiplied in the midst of her.55
  26. Her priests themselves have done violence to my law,56 and they keep profaning my holy places.57 Between the holy thing and the common[i]58 they have made no distinction,59 and between the unclean thing and the clean they have made nothing known,60 and from my sabbaths they have hidden their eyes,61 and I am profaned in the midst of them.62
  27. Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves tearing prey in shedding blood,63 in destroying souls[j] for the purpose of making unjust gain.64
  28. And her prophets have plastered for them with whitewash,65 visioning an unreality66 and divining for them a lie,67 saying: “This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said,” when Jehovah himself has not spoken.
  29. The people of the land themselves have carried on a scheme of defrauding68 and have done a tearing away in robbery,69 and the afflicted one and the poor one they have maltreated,70 and the alien resident they have defrauded without justice.’71
  30. ¶ “‘And I kept looking for a man[k] from among them who would be repairing the stone wall72 and standing in the gap73 before me in behalf of the land, in order [for me] not to bring it to ruin;74 and I found no one.
  31. So I shall pour out my denunciation75 upon them. With the fire of my fury I will exterminate them.76 Their way I will bring upon their own head,’77 is the utterance of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah.”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit., “the city of the bloods.”
  2. ^ Lit., “men of slander.” Heb., ʼan·shehʹ ra·khilʹ.
  3. ^ Lit., “one [or, he] has uncovered.”
  4. ^ Lit., “your blood,” sing. but the subject of a pl. verb.
  5. ^ Lit., “terminate.”
  6. ^ “Your uncleanness.” Heb., tum·ʼa·thekhʹ; Gr., a·ka·thar·siʹa. See 2Co 12:21 and Ga 5:19 ftns, “Uncleanness.”
  7. ^ “Blow,” by a correction; M, “deposit,” without an object.
  8. ^ Or, “it,” fem., referring to the city of Jerusalem.
  9. ^ Or, “profane.”
  10. ^ “Souls.” Heb., nepha·shohthʹ; Lat., aʹni·mas. See App 4A.
  11. ^ “A man.” Heb., ʼish.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Eze 20:4; 23:36
  2. ^ 2Ki 21:16; Je 2:34; Ho 4:2; Mt 23:37
  3. ^ Is 58:1; Eze 16:2, 51
  4. ^ Eze 24:6
  5. ^ Eze 12:25; 2Pe 2:3
  6. ^ 2Ki 21:11; 23:24
  7. ^ Ge 9:6; 2Ki 21:16; Ps 106:38; Eze 23:37
  8. ^ Le 26:30
  9. ^ De 28:37; 1Ki 9:7; 2Ch 7:20; Ps 79:4; 80:6; Je 18:16; Eze 5:14; 23:32; Da 9:16
  10. ^ Ps 79:4
  11. ^ Is 1:23; Eze 19:1; Mc 3:1; Zp 3:3
  12. ^ Mc 2:1
  13. ^ De 27:16; Pr 20:20
  14. ^ Ex 22:21; Pr 22:22
  15. ^ Ps 82:3; 94:6; Is 1:17; Je 7:6; Zc 7:10; Ml 3:5
  16. ^ Le 19:30; Eze 20:13; 23:38
  17. ^ Ex 23:1; Le 19:16
  18. ^ Eze 18:6
  19. ^ Jg 20:6; Ps 26:10; Pr 10:23; Je 13:27; Eze 16:27; 2Pe 2:7
  20. ^ Le 18:7; 20:11; De 27:20; 1Co 5:1
  21. ^ Le 18:19; 20:18
  22. ^ Le 18:20; 20:10; De 22:22; Je 5:8
  23. ^ Le 18:15; 20:12; Eze 18:11
  24. ^ Le 20:17; De 27:22; 2Sa 13:1
  25. ^ Ex 23:8; De 16:19; 27:25; Ps 26:9; Is 1:23; Am 5:12
  26. ^ Ex 22:25; De 23:19
  27. ^ Le 25:36; Eze 18:13
  28. ^ Pr 1:19
  29. ^ Le 6:2
  30. ^ De 32:18; Ps 106:21
  31. ^ Eze 21:17
  32. ^ Pr 28:8
  33. ^ Eze 22:2
  34. ^ Eze 21:7
  35. ^ Jb 40:9; 1Co 10:22
  36. ^ Eze 17:24
  37. ^ De 4:27; 28:25; Eze 12:15
  38. ^ Is 1:25; Eze 23:27; Ml 3:3
  39. ^ Ps 9:16; Eze 6:7, 13
  40. ^ Is 1:22; Je 6:28
  41. ^ Pr 17:3; Is 48:10; Je 6:29
  42. ^ Ps 119:119; Pr 25:4
  43. ^ Mc 4:12; Mt 13:30
  44. ^ Jb 28:2
  45. ^ Is 54:16; Je 6:29
  46. ^ Eze 21:31
  47. ^ De 4:24; Ps 21:9; Is 30:33; Je 21:12; Eze 22:20
  48. ^ Ps 68:2; 112:10
  49. ^ Eze 20:8; Ho 5:10
  50. ^ Is 10:5
  51. ^ Je 5:31; 6:13; Ho 6:9
  52. ^ Mc 3:5
  53. ^ Mr 12:40; Lu 20:47
  54. ^ Jm 5:4
  55. ^ Je 15:8
  56. ^ Je 2:8; La 4:13; Mc 3:11; Zp 3:4; Ml 2:8
  57. ^ Le 20:3; 22:2
  58. ^ Eze 44:23
  59. ^ Le 10:10
  60. ^ Le 11:47; Ac 10:14
  61. ^ Eze 20:13
  62. ^ Eze 36:20; Ro 2:24
  63. ^ Mc 3:2; Zp 3:3
  64. ^ Mt 21:13
  65. ^ Is 30:10; Eze 13:10
  66. ^ Eze 21:29
  67. ^ De 13:3; Je 23:25; La 2:14
  68. ^ Le 6:2; Is 1:23; Je 5:26; 7:9; 21:12; Mc 2:2
  69. ^ Ps 62:10; Is 3:14
  70. ^ Ex 22:21; Le 19:33
  71. ^ Ex 23:9
  72. ^ Je 5:1
  73. ^ Ps 106:23
  74. ^ Ge 18:23; Ex 32:11
  75. ^ Is 26:20
  76. ^ Is 10:22; Na 1:6
  77. ^ Eze 11:21; Ro 2:6; Ga 6:7

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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